PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF TRENTEPOHLIALEAN ALGAE ASSOCIATED WITH LICHEN-FORMING FUNGI(1).

Abstract:

:Nearly one-fourth of the lichen-forming fungi associate with trentepohlialean algae, yet their genetic diversity remains unknown. Recent work focusing on free-living trentepohlialean algae has provided a phylogenetic context within which questions regarding the lichenization of these algae can be asked. Here, we concentrated our sampling on trentepohlialean algae from lichens producing a diversity of growth forms (fruticose and crustose) over a broad geographic substratum, ecological, and phylogenetic range. We have demonstrated that there is no evidence for a single clade of strictly lichenized algae; rather, a wide range demonstrated the ability to associate with lichenized fungi. Variation was also observed among trentepohlialean algae in lichens from a single geographic area and tree, suggesting that fungi in close proximity can associate with different trentepohlialean algae, consistent with the findings of trebouxiophycean algae and cyanobacteria.

journal_name

J Phycol

journal_title

Journal of phycology

authors

Nelsen MP,Plata ER,Andrew CJ,Lücking R,Lumbsch HT

doi

10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00962.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-04-01 00:00:00

pages

282-90

issue

2

eissn

0022-3646

issn

1529-8817

journal_volume

47

pub_type

杂志文章